
Let's be brave.
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<p><strong><a href="https://evepicker.com/lets-be-brave/" target= "_blank" rel="noopener">BE SURE TO SEE THE SHOWNOTES AND LISTEN TO THIS EPISODE HERE</a></strong></p> <p><strong>Eve Picker:</strong> [00:00:15] Hi there. Thanks so much for joining me today for the latest episode of Impact Real Estate Investing. My guest today is Diana Lind. She's written a book called Brave New Home. In it, she explores the history of and alternatives to the single family home in the United States. Her interest in this subject was kindled by her own experiences as a young mother living in a typical single family home which didn't quite meet her needs. Diana's past experiences come into full focus with this book. Professionally, she started life as a writer at Architectural Record, kindling an interest in architecture, and her tenure at Next City cemented her interest in urban advocacy. If you'd like to know more about Diana once you've listened in, be sure to go to EvePicker.com to find out more on the show notes page for this episode. And be sure to sign up for my newsletter so you can access information about impact real estate investing and get the latest news about the exciting projects on my crowdfunding platform, Small Change.</p> <p> </p> <p><strong>Eve:</strong> [00:01:42] Hi, Diana. I'm really delighted to have you here with me today.</p> <p> </p> <p><strong>Diana Lind:</strong> [00:01:46] Thanks so much for having me.</p> <p> </p> <p><strong>Eve:</strong> [00:01:47] So, you're a writer and you've spent your career deeply immersed in urban issues. And I'm wondering how you became an urban advocate?</p> <p> </p> <p><strong>Diana :</strong> [00:01:57] Sure, I grew up in New York City. So, living in a city and just adoring all of its creativity, its vibrancy, its density, all of these kinds of things, just as part of who I am. But I originally thought I was going to be a novelist or just a journalist. And when I graduated from college, my first job was working at a magazine, but it was working at an architecture magazine. A